The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-18
MoRocco ANlITs S TITAN.
Tho Afric IN Count Which European
Nations Wh to Annex.
I.o,,, The T,ouffaWustrated Neirs,


Ills nositionas Slban is not an enviable
one. as some porth of his kingdom is al
WINS in revot:t)ugh, perhaps, it is owing
+othis that his tlbne is as safe as it is, as it
dotracts generalatteltion from himself
and gives his 81 ects something to think
about
The tale of tlSu,tans is a bloody one
one long ctapT of murder and sudden
death. battles Il poisoning, that, had the
secrets ever lead out, would fill volumes.
What romano. what plots, have been
hatched and accomplished within the
nainted walls dho palaces What love and
what hatel Aespot is always all-power-
ful. but the Srhn of Morocco is a deSpot of
desDots A Itcrnor, disturbed by rough
soldiers at his meals or his sleep, may be
dragged, load with chains, to the capital,
and made to II his uttermost farthing, or
die under TORE. And as the Governors
are squeezed their rulers, so do the Gov
errors squee3 the lower officials and the
lower of1ici, the people. A govern
ment and yeho government, the whole of
fetal life isnass of bribery and corrup-
ton.
The Sultalives very simple life. He
rises early, fore sunrise, and prayes regu-
larly seven mes day. His food is simple
there is vedittle variety at any times in
Moorish codng, and each dish is tasted by
an official ter-a post of great honor at
court-as guarantee against poison.
Thoughmoand then his Ministers eat in
the same rdl with him, they never taste
the same oh His majesty, like all Moors,
scorns l1niYIand forks, and eats from the
dish directNth his fingers. Though this
seems to otTivillized senses, a disgusting
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sort for to great dexterity has prac-
tice broughhem that they scarcely make
their fingelbticky, and the practice of
washing beie and after meals, does away
with after ects, that, should it be ones
duty to she hands with one of them,
would otheise prove unpleasant. In re
ligion the Stan is very strict; in fact, the
religion oHorocco is far stricter than
that of al Mohammedan country-ex-
cepting, pehps few of the sacred cities
of Arabia For example, no Christian can
enter mole in any part of the country
of Moroc{ not even in civilized Tan
gier. Thelmadan or fast of thirty days,
is strictly ut by the Sultan, even when
on the mai, when the Prophet states it
is allowable break it. His majesty sell
dom appeain public, taking his exercise
in the enolous gardens of the Agida and
his other pces. When on the march no
tent is allod to be pitched before he is
safely ensised in his. AS the Sultan
was prepag for his journey from Mo
TOccOto FCwhen we were at the capital,
we had opportunity of seeing his tents.
That for hpersonal use is an enormous
marquee, wned by brass balls, while
around stafour or five smaller tents for
the womelno accompany him, the whole
being surrtded by a wall of canvas ten
feet in heig He is said to be good bust
ness man,ld TO know far more of his
affairs of Sc than any of his Ministers-in
fact, much the official work of the coun-
try passes 'ough his hands. Though we
can gatheretty much what kind of a life
he leads, only very seldom that we can
hear anytlg of the life led by his wives,
except tina must be a tragic one-for the
favorite, tthe time being, Tolls on cush-
ions of vel and gold in dimly-lit rooms
full of theors of incense and flowers, and
attended HAYES, any one of whom, should
she find ia in the sight of her lord and
master, wd usurp the place of the Sui
tana, whcould sink to the degradation
of slaveryld no doubt this is often the
case.
The arms divided into two principal
parts, corGonding to our regulars and
militia. first, the Askari, are infant
IN, anu I'd are Dl lar Ulo SitldTUeSU Ill Ulle
service, ase drilling of these troops falls
to Kaid Mean, an Englishmen, or rather
Scotchm who left the British army for
the service the Snltan, an I who fills the
post of Injector General OF the Forces
Nothing cd exceed the pains and trouble
that Kaidclean has taken with his men,
who, when arrived were little more than
a band oinruly robbers, but now go
through t. drill with a smartness that
would do dit to European army. Kaid
Maclean had many things against him
at court, hhe has overcome both jealousy
and fanatin, and is not only beloved by
his soldieralt honored by the Emperor
with his flconfidence. Living at Mo
rocco or Faccording to the movements
of the Suit Kaid Maclean has entirely
given hims up to his task with untiring
zeal, and flowing to him, and to him
alone, that,rocco can boast an army that
in case of ! would be able to fight at all,
for not onlhs he instructed them in their
drill, but h3ersuaded the Sultan to arm a
great prOpbn of his troops with Martini
Henry rifie5d also changed their uniform
from the pia'eSque but cumbersome haik
and Jelab tSort of Zouave dress of scarlet
and blue. the last two years Kald Ma
clean has b{helped in his arduous task by
his brother lpt. Alan Macean, whose par
ticular duty present is the transport de-
partment, aa small body of regular cav
airy, which, to his arrival was in a shock
ing conditio
The secOnlivision of the army Kaid
Maclean is lreponsible for-the Mahasni,
Or cavalry; in seeing the two divisions
of the armyEether, one cannot but appre-
ciate the imhse work that he has done for
the infantrypr the cavalry armed with
Winchester eating rines-irregulars, with
vengeancere in about as wild a state of
barbarity asuld well be imagined. They
correspond, ] mentioned above, to our
militia, and, te them, are only called out
upon necessit Another part of the army
that mightmoSt be said to form a divis-
ion-are the3khari, or black bodyguard
of the SultaI As to the numbers of these
forces, thew somewhat uncertain, for
though probly at a time of peace they
number thilor forty thousand, yet in case
OF a war ofty magnitude, there is little
doubt thabme hundred thousand men
could be pun the field. That the soldiers
can fight W nobody doubts, for in the
Spanish wbf 1859, they worked with such
desperatiohat for some months the actual
result of war was doubtful though
finally, disfanized as they were attha time,
time, and ~ armed with hint-locks of their
own mani cture, they had to give way to
superior fke and power. Their pay IS mis-
cradle, aitnore so because they often go
without il A foot-soldiers gets-or is sup
posed to d-tour oieas n day, or not six
pence, ouf which he has TO house and feed
himself a cavalry soldiers pay is six
okeas, fotimself and his horse. The prin-
cipal PORN of the army is stationed at the
town Of sidence of the Sultan, and with
him NOV from place to place, though at